Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Celebrate Culture

The Cultural Cruise - a city-wide celebration of the arts - gets underway on January 28th at 4 PM.

From the Turtle Bay website: Join the Turtle Bay Museum, Shasta County Arts Council’s Old City Hall Gallery, Redding City Hall, Redding Library, First United Methodist Church, Shasta State Historic Park, Shasta College Art Gallery and North Valley Art League for a night of visual enjoyment. Cruise with your family and friends around Redding to see exciting art exhibitions and enjoy refreshments at each hosting gallery – a truly pleasurable evening. Pick up a Cultural Cruise map at the locations listed above for more detailed information. FREE!

He checked his pocket watch and he pulled his hat down lowCrouched in shadowed canyon beside the stagecoach roadStood ready with his shotgun and when the stage arrivedShot the guard and stole the gold and proved his daddy right

The Hour of the OutlawSeconds beat like a drumThe Hour of the OutlawThe countdown has begun

His daddy was a scoundrel, a gambler and a thiefTook a bullet in his back for the aces up his sleeveBefore he died he said, "Son, outlaw blood runs through your veinsAnd all I got to leave you is this pocket watch and chain"

The Outlaw of the stagecoach trail could not out run his fateTime had come for justice and justice would not waitAn angry mob rode out to Whiskey Creek and tracked him downLeft him swinging like a pendulum from the highest tree in town

The treasure still lies buried on the banks of Whiskey CreekMany men have searched and failed - fortunatelyBut when the time is right, some unsuspecting soulWill dig up a cursed pocket watch and strongbox full of gold